Protesters in San Francisco obstruct a bus carrying tech workers on December 9, 2013
The San Francisco tech bus protests, also known as the Google bus protests, were a series of protests in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in late 2013, when the use of shuttle buses employed by local area tech companies became widely publicized. The tech buses have been called "Google buses" although other companies—such as tech companies Apple, Facebook, and Yahoo, and biotechnology corporation Genentech—also pay for private shuttle services.
The buses are used to transport employees from their homes in San Francisco and Oakland to corporate campuses in Silicon Valley, about 40 miles (64 km) south. Anti-tech bus protesters viewed the buses as symbols of gentrification and displacement in a city where rapid growth in the tech sector and insufficient new housing construction has led to increasing rent and housing prices. (Full article...)
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Image 7Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 8Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 9A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 19The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 20The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 21German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 62An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 63A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 64San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 65Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 66The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
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